Improved boot and shoe heel



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOEc GEORGE BEATY, OF MIDDLEBUEY, OHIO, AssIGNoETO W. W. KITCHEN,

OE WEsT UNION, IOWA.

IMPROVED BOOT AND SHOE HEEL.

Be it known that I, GEORGE BEATY, of Middlebury, county of Summit, Stateof Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Boot and Shoe Heel; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview. Fig. 2 is a front view. Fig. 3 is a surface view; Fig. 4, backview.

rlhe nature of my invention consists in bevi eling the head of a hollowboot-heel in such a manner that it will conform exactly to the sloping`angle of the heel of the last, whereby I obtain a broad bearing-platefor the leather to rest on, and in which the rear of the boot or shoesnugly fits, and to which it can be securely attached without beingbrought in contact with any sharp edge or ridge, which cuts the leatherand soon renders valueless the boot or shoe.

Another important feature of my invention consists in arranging in thecenter of the beveled head-plate a series of spikes, by means of whichthe hollow metal heel can be firmly attached to the boot or shoe.

The great advantages of my invention will readily suggest themselves toany one familiar with the business to which my invention is applicable.In the first place the heel, being hollow, is much cheaper, and, thespikes being in the center instead of 011 the edge of the heel, it canbe much more securely attached; and, again, the bearing being beveled,the shoe does not rest on the top of the heelplate, but the heel-plate,as it were, forms a cap, which incases the shoe, so that when you strikeany obstacle in walking the strain is borne by the entire hollow rim ofthe heel, it furnishing both a bottom and sidebearing, and not at onepoint, as is the case when the shoe rests on a flat plate.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction.

A is a heel, which is hollow, and may be made of any kind of metaladapted to such purposes. The heel' may be cast, formed in molds, struckup, or i'rT-ayl'rrw'deemed most desirable, and may be chilled orhardened by any of the numerous processes now in use.

B is the upper plate of the heel, which is beveled so as to exactlycorrespond with the slope of the last. In this beveled plate B the shoerests and has its bearing. a a are a series of spikes, which arearranged in the center of the plate- B. b b are holes in the bot tomplate of the heel, through which pass the screws c c, for fastening theheel.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

` Constructing a metal boot-heel hollow, when its upper face is beveled,so as to form a broad bearing for the shoe to rest in, and also having aseries of spikes arranged in the. center thereof, as herein described,and for the purpose speciiied.

' GEORGE BEATY. Witnesses:

JOHN S. HOLLINGsHEAD, JOHN D. BLOOE.

